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Weekend News Update

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:11:30 -0400

12 July 2009

Good weekend everyone!

With the announcement of the Live Box Set for release in the UK on 14 September, the US release date has been announced also. US residents can look for the box to be available on 29 September 2009, from Rhino Records. Check out a short article at Billboard.com about the US release of the box.

In other news....

GENESIS

Paul Potts, winner of Britain's Got Talent a few years back, seems to enjoy mentioning Genesis in interviews. Take a look at his most recent mention of the band at this link.

And, did you know that Genesis's band name was Biblically based? Of course you did! But, History Today has an article about band names with an historical basis, so read and learn some history from music!

PHIL COLLINS

Phil's cover version of The Beatles 'Tomorrow Never Knows' gets a glowing mention in this article about cover versions of songs that perhaps shouldn't work, but end up working very well!

PETER GABRIEL

There's a brief news item here about Peter donating a handwritten lyric sheet for 'Biko' for a charity auction.

More to come as news happens!

Genesis Live 1973 - 2007

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:01:01 -0400

UK Release Date: 14 September 2009

Following the reissue of the 14 Genesis studio albums on the stunning box-sets Genesis 1976 - 1982 and Genesis 1983 - 1998 in 2007, and Genesis 1970 - 1975 in 2008, on 14 September 2009 Virgin/EMI will release Genesis Live 1973-2007, a box-set gathering the four live albums recorded by the legendary British group from 1973 to 1992. Featuring brand new stereo mixes*, the box set also includes the long-awaited release in stereo and 5.1 of Live at the Rainbow 1973 only available with this collection.

Genesis Live 1973 - 2007 is a sumptuously presented box-set that includes:

Genesis Live, the band's first Top Ten album in the UK, recorded in Leicester and Manchester and issued in 1973, and featuring the classic line-up of Tony Banks (keyboards), Phil Collins (drums, vocals), Peter Gabriel (vocals, flute), Steve Hackett (guitars) and Mike Rutherford (bass, guitars). Genesis Live, for this box-set release, has been extended to feature 5 bonus tracks recorded at The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles on 24 January 1975 and the full album is also presented in 5.1 for the first time.

The double set Seconds Out, a Top 5 entry in 1977 that documented the group's Paris dates as a quartet with Collins on lead vocals following Gabriel's departure in 1975. The album featured touring drummers Bill Bruford (from the 1976 shows) and Chester Thompson (who began drumming live for Genesis in 1977). Exclusively to this box-set, Seconds Out is presented in stereo and 5.1 versions.

Three Sides Live, a number 2 album in the UK in 1982, mostly showcasing the Banks-Collins-Rutherford incarnation augmented by Thompson and guitarist Daryl Stuermer.

The Way We Walk, finally sees these two live albums re-sequenced as per the original show's set list. Originally released separately and entitled Vol I: The Shorts, which made the Top 3 in Britain in 1992, and Vol 2: The Longs, this was the band's sixth number one album, and their only concert recording to top the charts in 1993.

First formed in 1967, Genesis have sold 150 million albums worldwide and have influenced the likes of Elbow, Flaming Lips and Jeff Buckley. In the early seventies, their ambition in the studio was matched by groundbreaking live shows as they presented such classic albums as Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, Selling England by the Pound and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway to audiences across Europe and the US. Following Gabriel's exit in the mid-seventies, Collins stepped up to the microphone and the group scored Top 5 albums with A Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering. Hackett left in 1977 but the 'remaining three' had their first Top Ten single with 'Follow You Follow Me' and their first US Top 20 album with . . . And Then There Were Three . . . the next year. A simpler, more direct approach to songwriting worked so well that Banks-Collins-Rutherford scored consecutive number one albums with Duke, Abacab, Genesis and Invisible Touch in the eighties, and with We Can't Dance in 1991, and became a stadium act without losing any of their sophistication and attention to detail. This was evidenced again when they returned to the stage after a ten-year hiatus. When In Rome 2007, the DVD of the free concert they gave at the Circo Massimo in Rome in front of 500.000 spectators topped the DVD charts in the UK last year.

Recorded at Leicester De Montfort Hall and Manchester Free Trade Hall in February 1973, Genesis Live was not originally intended for release but rather mixed to be broadcast on the King Biscuit Flower Hour show on US radio. It comprises versions of the dramatic set opener Watcher of the Skies and Get 'Em Out by Friday from Foxtrot, the band's fourth studio album - which had reached number 12 in October 1972 - The Return of the Giant Hogweed and The Musical Box from 1971's Nursery Cryme, the first album featuring Collins and Hackett, and the tour de force quiet-loud dynamics of The Knife, from Trespass, the group's 1970 debut for the Charisma label. Given the band's growing reputation for its theatrical shows, it is no surprise that Genesis Live spent ten weeks in the charts in 1973, paving the way for the release of Selling England by the Pound later that year. The album's iconic cover features Gabriel wearing one of his many costumes, in this case the 'Magog' mask and black cape he donned during Supper's Ready.

Bonus material includes five tracks from the celebrated concept album The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, a Top Ten release at the end of 1974, recorded at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles in January 1975.

Recorded at the Palais des Sports in Paris with the Manor Mobile studio in 1976 and 1977, Seconds Out stayed on the British charts for four months. The double set was much more in keeping with the times, the increasing availability of bootleg recordings and the phenomenal success of Frampton Comes Alive! Former Yes and King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford had joined Genesis for the 1976 dates and features on The Cinema Show, one of two tracks from Selling England by the Pound. The other, Firth of Fifth, and the rest of the album, features Chester Thompson, a drummer best known at the time for his work with Frank Zappa and Weather Report. Collins tackles Gabriel-era material like The Musical Box, Supper's Ready, The Carpet Crawlers, the title track from The Lamb Lives Down On Broadway, and I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe), the group's first hit, with aplomb. Squonk, Robbery, Assault & Battery, Dance on a Volcano and Los Endos came from A Trick of the Tail while Afterglow originally featured on Wind and Wuthering. Hackett left while Seconds Out was being mixed. The album's distinctive cover and the other pictures used were shot by Armando Gallo, the band's biographer.

Recorded in Germany in 1981, Three Sides Live was originally released in 1982 as a double vinyl set with a fourth side of studio recordings - basically the 3X3 EP and two B-sides - in the US while the European version contained three more extended live tracks. The studio versions of Turn It On Again, Behind the Lines, Duchess and Misunderstanding featured on 1980's Duke while Dodo, Me and Sarah Jane and Abacab first appeared on Abacab in 1981. Follow You Follow Me came from . . . And Then There Were Three . . . and Afterglow and One for The Vine were originally recorded on Wind and Wuthering. The Fountain of Salmacis harked back to Nursery Cryme and the In the Cage/Cinema Show/The Colony of Slippermen medley slotted a track from Selling England by the Pound between two slices from The Lamb while It/Watcher of the Skies - recorded in 1976 with Hackett and Bruford - spanned The Lamb and Foxtrot.

Recorded in 1992 in arenas including London's Earls Court, the two installments of The Way We Walk were first issued in quick succession at the tail end of 1992 and the beginning of 1993, with The Shorts concentrating on the band's run of hit singles, and The Longs delving into the medleys and the more extended pieces from their repertoire. Genesis Live 1973-2007 takes the opportunity to reconcile the two albums and recreate the We Can't Dance tour experience in sequence. Hits from the group's MTV-friendly era include Mama, That's All, Invisible Touch - which charted again in its live version in 1992 - In Too Deep, Land of Confusion, Tonight, Tonight, Tonight, Throwing It All Away, No Son of Mine, I Can't Dance, Hold On My Heart and Jesus He Knows Me. Driving the Last Spike and Fading Lights came from We Can't Dance, Domino originally appeared on Invisible Touch and Home by the Sea/Second Home by the Sea on Genesis. The Old Medley rounded up nine tunes from the band's early days and Collins and Thompson's The Drum Thing did just that. Turn It On Again is exclusive to this release.

Recorded in London by the Banks-Collins-Gabriel-Hackett-Rutherford line-up, Live at the Rainbow 1973, expands on the live material first issued on the Archive 1967-1975 box-set in 1998 and will delight die-hard fans of that period in their lengthy career. The concert from October 1973 features most of Selling England by the Pound at the time of its release, along with the conceptual piece Supper's Ready and Watcher of the Skies from their breakthrough album Foxtrot, and The Musical Box from Nursery Cryme, the last two titles on 5.1 version only. It captures the band at a crucial point in their history, before they left the Lewis Carroll-like universe of their early albums behind, before the departure of Gabriel and Hackett, before their time as ubiquitous hit-makers of the eighties.

Genesis Live 1973 - 2007 has been designed to incorporate space for the most recent live Genesis release; the 2-CD set Live Over Europe 2007. All albums feature brand new stereo mixes created by Tony Banks, Nick Davis and Mike Rutherford, whilst Genesis Live, Seconds Out and Live at the Rainbow 1973 all feature 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound versions.

* Excluding The Way We Walk, which has been re-sequenced to the original set list.

For further information and regular news updates on Genesis, go to:

www.genesis-music.com

Genesis Live

1973-2007

"Live" (Stereo/5.1):

Watcher of the Skies
Get 'Em Out by Friday
The Return of the Giant Hogweed
The Musical Box
The Knife

Bonus "The Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles - 24/01/75" tracks:

Back in N.Y.C.
Fly on a Windshield
Broadway Melody of 1974
Anyway
The Chamber of 32 Doors

"Seconds Out" (Stereo/5.1):

1. Squonk
2. Carpet Crawlers
3. Robbery, Assault & Battery
4. Afterglow
5. Firth of Fifth
6. I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)
7. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
8. The Musical Box (closing)
9. Supper's Ready
10. The Cinema Show
11. Dance on a Volcano
12. Los Endos

"Three Sides Live" (Stereo only)

1. Turn It On Again
2. Dodo
3. Abacab
4. Behind the Lines
5. Duchess
6. Me and Sarah Jane
7. Follow You Follow Me
8. Misunderstanding
9. In the Cage (Medley: Cinema Show/Slippermen)

10. Afterglow
11. One for the Vine
12. Fountain of Salmacis
13. It/Watcher of the Skies

"The Way We Walk" (Stereo only)

Land of Confusion
No Son of Mine
Driving the Last Spike
Old Medley (Dance on a Volcano/The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway/The Musical Box/Firth of Fifth/I Know What I Like)
Throwing It All Away
Fading Lights
Jesus He Knows Me
Home by the Sea/Second Home by the Sea
Hold On My Heart
Domino (In the Glow of the Night/The Last Domino)
The Drum Thing
I Can't Dance
Tonight, Tonight, Tonight
Invisible Touch
Turn It On Again
Mama
That's All
In Too Deep

(Space in the box set for "Live Over Europe")

"Live At The Rainbow 1973" (Stereo/5.1)

1. Watcher of the Skies (5.1 version only)

2. Dancing with the Moonlit Knight

3. The Cinema Show

4. I Know What I Like(In Your Wardrobe)

5. Firth of Fifth

6. The Musical Box (5.1 version only)

7. More Fool Me

8. The Battle of Epping Forest

9. Supper's Ready

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LD Communications

Tel: 020 7439 7222

Weekend News Update

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:11:24 -0400

5 July 2009

Good weekend Genesis fans...

Not a lot of news here right now. But, a little Raven told me to pass along to you all to check back here at 12:01am BST on Tuesday, 7th July for some complete news about the first live boxset... That's 7:01pm US Eastern time.

One more brief piece of news, about Peter Gabriel:

PETER GABRIEL

Peter is playing one show in the UK this year, at this summer's WOMAD festival. You can get tickets by clicking on this link.

See you soon!

Weekend News Update

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:50:38 -0400

28 June 2009

Good weekend Genesis fans!

As we get into the summer months in the northern hemisphere, news runs a bit thin on the ground, as people get into holiday mode, offices shut down, and people look to escape wherever they are, to get to wherever they are not... But, we do have some quick news items, one of which is more amusing than really news, so let's hit that first!

GENESIS

Genesis crops up in some odd places at times. The Northeast of the United States has had a lot more rain recently than is normal for this time of year, and a writer for The Trentonian, a newspaper in New Jersey, has used Genesis to comment on his feelings about how the weather gets him down. Check out the brief essay here.

I realize it is not truly 'news,' but I found it amusing, and I hope you do also...

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Weekend News Update

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:34:56 -0400

21 June 2009Good weekend Genesis fans!

Welcome to the Summer, for our friends in the northern hemisphere, and to our friends in the southern hemisphere, happy Winter!

GENESIS

In an article about great gigs in Edinburgh, Scotland, former Marillion frontman Fish talks a bit about Genesis playing Edinburgh on the Lamb tour. Check out the article here.

PHIL COLLINS

If you're in Utah in 2010, you may want to check out a production of Tarzan, with music by Phil Collins, that will be going up at that time. Check out the info at this link.

PETER GABRIEL

Peter has announced on his site that he will be playing at WOMAD on 25 July. Check out Peter's site for the details.

Keep watching here for more Genesis news, coming soon!

Weekend News Update

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:19:48 -0400

14 June 2009Good weekend Genesis fans!
Today, we have some brief updates from around the Genesis extended family, so let's get on with it, shall we?
GENESIS
For our readers from the UK, some of you might be aware of Paul Potts, who won the first season's contest of Britain's Got Talent. In this interviewPaul gives kudos to Genesis as one of the best acts around, and gives Live Over Europe his nod for the one CD that he would want to listen to for the rest of his life! Be sure to check it out...
PETER GABRIEL
This articlefrom Playbill tells of a reading of a new musical called Us, with music and lyrics by Peter Gabriel. More info to come as we discover it...
RAY WILSON
We've got a lot of Ray Wilson tour dates for the remainder of 2009, here they are!
June 2009Date City 5th June Feldbach (Austria) 26th June Hamburg (Germany) 27th June Berlin (Germany )28th June Malchin (Germany) July 2009Date City 3rd July Udine(Italy) - Support for Jethro Tull 4th July Bergamo(Italy) - Support for Jethro Tull 5th July Luxembourg (Luxembourg)18th July Stráznice (Czech Republic) 19th July Nám nad Oslavou (Czech Republic) 20th July Ustí nad Labem (Czech Republic) 24th July Chorzów (Poland) 25th July Tuscia Rock August 2009Date City 22nd Aug Tczew (Poland) September 2009Date City 16th Sep Reinheim (Germany) 17th Sep Bern (Switzerland) 18th Sep Bern (Switzerland) 20th Sep Rottach-Egern (Germany) 24th Sep Waldshut (Germany) 25th Sep Siegburg (Germany) 26th Sep Hildesheim (Germany) October 2009Date City 2nd Oct Bielefeld (Germany) 4th Oct Mosina (Poland) 9th Oct LONDON (UK) 16th Oct Hassfurth (Germany) 17th Oct Stuttgart (Germany) 22nd Oct Seidenroth (Germany) 23rd Oct Freiburg (Germany) 24th Oct Oberndorf (Germany) 25th Oct Fürth (Germany) 28th Oct Hamburg (Germany) 29th Oct Neumünster (Germany) November 2009Date City 7th Nov Zwickau (Germany) 8th Nov Kamenz (Germany) 13th Nov Miltenberg (Germany) 14th Nov Landstuhl (Germany) 17th Nov Augsburg (Germany) 22nd Nov Güstrow (Germany) 25th Nov Rostock (Germany) 26th Nov Berlin (Germany) 27th Nov Schortens (Germany) 28th Nov Worpswede (Germany) December 2009Date City 4th Dec Hamburg (Germany) 11th Dec Kiel (Germany) 12th Dec Wredenhagen (Germany) For more information please refer to www.raywilson.net/2006/tour/index.htmThat wraps up the news for this week, join us again next week as we continue todiscover what's happening in the musical world of Genesis.

Steve Hackett Bio!

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:16:04 -0400

Coming soon!

Check out this information about the new Steve Hackett biography, coming soon!

Here is the relevant information for you:

Sketches Of Hackett - The authorised Steve Hackett Biography

by Alan Hewitt

Wymer Publishing

ISBN: 978-0-9557542-3-4

Format: Hardback (210 x 148 mm)

Pages 302 text, 16 colour plates

Price: £24.95

Publication date: 3rd August 2009

Category: Non-fiction, music biography

And, to sweeten the pot even more, the first edition is personally signed by Steve, and comes with a Bonus DVD! Want to preorder the book? You can do so at this link.

Weekend News Update

Sun, 31 May 2009 10:16:27 -0400

31 May 2009Good weekend Genesis fans!

Wherever you are in the world, I hope you've had a good week, and that whatever you are working on is moving towards a successful conclusion...

Now, the news...

PHIL COLLINS

Phil's song 'In the Air Tonight' is getting a lot of mentions in articles surrounding the impending release of the movie 'The Hangover.' Looking to read about it? Check out articles by clicking here and here.

PETER GABRIEL

There's only a one line quote from Peter in this article, but it does touch upon the future of music downloading/streaming, so it may be of interest to music fans everywhere. The article also includes a perhaps unintentionally creepy photo of babies wearing headphones, which might be worth a look...

Watch this space for more upcoming news about future Genesis live reissues!

Have a great week!

Weekend News Update

Sun, 24 May 2009 10:36:22 -0400

24 May 2009

Good Weekend Genesis Fans!

I know this weekend is a bank holiday weekend in the UK, and is Memorial Day weekend in the US, so if you have a three day weekend, I hope you are enjoying your time off, and are able to get out and spend time with those people who are important to you. Enjoy the weekend!

Thank you to all who have responded with photos to our request for photos of Genesis live throughout the ages. We have received lots of photos, and I hope that some are able to make the cut to get into the live boxes planned for release later this year. Release dates are still tentative, so we have no solid announcement of a time frame for release yet, but once the dates become more clear, we will announce the dates here.

STEVE HACKETT

There's a great new interview with Steve over at Rock Radio, where he talks about a bit of Genesis history, and the new material he is working on. Check it out!

ANTHONY PHILLIPS

Genesis-Music.com has secured an online interview with Anthony, and is looking for your questions! Submit questions for possible inclusion in the Members Forum. Thank you!

MIKE RUTHERFORD

While I believe this link may have been posted online awhile ago, it's always worth a second look, to see Mike's humour come through...

RAY WILSON

Ray will be performing in Germany quite often this summer, and this article talks about his 8 July live show. My German language skills are pretty weak, but if others out there want to check it out, you can do so by clicking here.

At this link, you'll find a brief note in Polish about Ray appearing at a Polish music festival on 24 July. If you are in the area, be sure to check his live show out, and if you want to see if he's coming to an area near you, check out his official site by clicking here.

Thanks for reading, and more to come next week!

Weekend News Update

Sun, 17 May 2009 12:41:59 -0400

17 May 2009

Good weekend Genesis fans!

I hope this Sunday finds you happy and healthy, enjoying whatever the world is bringing to your doorstep today!

Today, we have a variety of quick news bits for your Genesis and Genesis related dose of knowledge, so without further ado, here we go!

GENESIS

While I don't always personally see eye to eye with some of the opinions expressed in the articles I link to here, I thought this blog/article was intriguing enough to put up here. All listenters find their own connection to music, and this writer is no exception.

PHIL COLLINS

In the 'amusing news tidbit' pile, we have this article from the Telegraph in the UK, talking about Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath fame being a Phil fan. Considering his vocals on the cover of 'Shock the Monkey' he participated in a few years back, he's probably a fan of Peter also...

PETER GABRIEL

Congratulations are due to Peter Gabriel, for he has had the honour of the Swedish Polar Music Prize (along with conductor and composer Jose Antonio Abreu). Check out some more information about the award here and here. Peter's May Full Moon Club video update can also be found on his personal site.

Enjoy the rest of the week! What Genesis have you listened to recently? If you haven't listened to any, don't you think you should?

Cheers!

Wanted: Genesis Live Photos

Tue, 12 May 2009 17:18:37 -0400

Good day Genesis fans!

In the preparation for the upcoming Genesis Live Box Set, we are looking for photos of Genesis performing live that can be used in the packaging for the box.

If you have any interesting or unusual photos from Genesis live, we would love to see them! We're specifically looking for photos from the following tours, although anything is welcome:

1972/3 Foxtrot Tour
1973/4 Selling England by the Pound Tour
1974/75 Lamb Tour
1977 Wind and Wuthering Tour
1982 Three Sides Live Tour
1983/84 Mama Tour
1986/87 Invisible Touch Tour
1992 We Can't Dance Tour

Please send the photos to zorknapp1@genesis-music.com. For the file names, please adhere to the following format: "Real Name - Tour Date (if known) - Location (if known)"

We look forward to seeing your photos! Please send them along As Soon As Possible, as the designers are chomping at the bit to get moving on the design of this box!

Thank you!

Mike - Genesis Web Content Editor

Weekend News Update

Sun, 10 May 2009 12:45:30 -0400

10 May 2009

Happy weekend Genesis Fans! And for those of you in areas of the globe where it is celebrated today, Happy Mother's Day!

We have a backlog of news and information for you this week, so let's have at it, shall we?

PETER GABRIEL

For those of you interested in the business side of Peter Gabriel, you can check out the latest about 'The Filter' and some of their new professional linkages by reading this article. Press releases can sometimes be dry reading, but the technology behind what Peter is investing in can be fascinating to think about.

For those of you more interested in the music side of Peter, check out this article about the recent Womad show in Abu Dhabi.

STEVE HACKETT

There is a lengthy interview with Steve at this link, where he talks about his past, present, and future music making activity. In the coming weeks, this site will also be posting questions and answers here on the news page from Steve, which for right now can only be found in the Members Forum.

Also, watch for on-sale dates for upcoming Hackett shows later this year, in October/November.

MIKE RUTHERFORD

Mike is putting pen to hand, signing a lot of items in recent months for auction, where the income from the auction goes towards cancer research. Take a look at this link for information about one of the more recent Rutherford signed items to be auctioned for charity.

Weekend News Update

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:10:55 -0400

26 April 2009

Hello Genesis fans:

This past Wednesday saw the funeral for John Mayhew, Genesis drummer on 'Trespass' from 1970. Some of our forum members attended the funeral, and you can read their tasteful reports from the moving ceremony in the Members Forum. Our thoughts continue to go out to the Mayhew family at this time.

In other news, with the discovery of the multitracks for the Genesis 'Live' album from 1973, the Live Box set project continues to move forward. Watch this space for more news about this release as it becomes available.

STEVE HACKETT

Steve has some live dates coming up later this year in October/November. Here is the full list of dates, as it stands presently:

Netherlands
Wednesday 28 October
Zoetermeer - Boerderij

Germany
Thursday 29 October
Koln, Live Music Hall

Germany
Friday 30 October
Hamburg, Fabrik

Germany
Saturday 31 October
Bochum, Zeche

Belgium
Sunday 1 November
Limbourg, Le Forum

Germany
Tuesday 3 November
Aschaffenburg, Colos Saal

Germany
Wednesday 4 November
Stuttgart, Longhom

Switzerland
Thursday 5 November
Pratteln, Z7

Switzerland
Friday 6 November
Berne, Mühle Hunziken

France
Saturday 7 November
Paris, Alhambra

Saturday 14th November
London
Shepherds Bush Empire
www.o2Shepherdsbushempire.co.uk/listings.php

Friday 20th November
Salford
Salford Lowry
www.thelowry.com/theatreinformation/Listings/whatson.aspx

Saturday 21st November
Birkenhead
Pacific Road Arts Centre
www.ents24.com/web/venue/Birkenhead/Pacific-Road-Arts-Centre-23503.html

The band consists of Roger King on keyboards, Gary O'Toole drums, Nick Beggs bass guitar, Rob Townsend brass and woodwind, and of course Steve himself on guitar and vocals.

As more dates get announced, we will post them here for all to see.

Have a great week!

John Mayhew funeral today

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:45:40 -0400

John Mayhew, drummer on the Genesis album 'Trespass,' is being buried today. Please think some positive thoughts today for John and his family.

You can read Tony Banks's tribute to John at this link.

Weekend News Update

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:02:39 -0400

19 April 2009

Good weekend Genesis fans:

We still continue to send condolences to the Mayhew family, on the loss of John Mayhew, drummer on the 1970 Genesis album Trespass, along with a few archive releases that have surfaced in recent years. John's funeral is this coming Wednesday, so please spare a thought for his family on that day.

If you haven't yet, read the tribute from Tony Banks to John on this site, located at the news link for 14 April. Also, both Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips have written their own tributes. Read Steve's here, and Anthony's here.

Moving to other news....

GENESIS

It's interesting what I stumble across on the 'Net during my searches for news items, and this little bit caught my eye. It's titled, 'The Power of Phil Collins,' and is a very short item about And Then There Were Three. Check it out at this link.

PETER GABRIEL

You can read about some of Peter's recent political work at this article on Billboard.com.

Also, read about Peter's trip into the Peruvian jungle at this link, and if you want to see some great photos of his recent trip to South America and Mexico, check out Tony Levin's website.

STEVE HACKETT

An article in German appears at this link, about the recent Steve Hackett Weekend planned and organized by the German Genesis Fan Club. Be sure to check it out!

MIKE RUTHERFORD

The results of an auction of a guitar signed by both Mike Rutherford and Eric Clapton, amongst others, are talked about at this article. Congratulations to the charity for raising so much for a worthy cause!

John Mayhew passes

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:40:19 -0400

1947 - 2009

Genesis-music.com sadly announces the passing of John Mayhew, drummer on the Genesis album Trespass originally released in 1970. John is pictured on the far right in the above photo.

The members of Genesis all send our deepest sympathies and condolences to John's family.

From Tony Banks:

We were very sorry to hear about the death of John Mayhew, who had only recently appeared back in our lives after over thirty years. His time with the group was short, but it was a very crucial period and his contribution was very important.
After John Silver, the drummer who had played on 'From Genesis to Revelation' decided to leave we rehearsed for a while as a four-piece before auditioning for a replacement. The trouble was we didn't have a full drum kit for them to use. I remember one poor chap having to play with the cymbals hanging from the ceiling, almost decapitating himself every time he used one. When John Mayhew arrived he had the great advantage of owning a kit as well as being a very competent drummer. At the time, one of our favourite drummers was Rob Townsend of Family, and when John showed he could reproduce a few of his riffs he was hired.
How we must have appeared to him I hate to think. We had all been to the same school so we were a very closed unit with our own language and humour, and we were very inexperienced both in the business and in life in general. John was a bit older than us and had played live in the group 'Steamhammer" so had some knowledge of what was expected on stage. I remember him at the first show changing to go on stage; this had never occurred to us, strange since later we became almost better known for Peter's costumes than anything else. For this reason he was a very important factor in those early days on the road, having already been there before.
During the few months we worked together, writing music for the 'Trespass' album, John became very much part of the group sharing everything from the legendary immortal yoghurt through to the first experience of Monty Python. His carpentry was a great asset in these early days; he built me a copy of the Leslie style speaker I had, (still in existence I think) and put a seat in the back of the bread-van we used as the group's vehicle amongst many other things. He was a very solid drummer, but not really a writer, a lot of his parts came from the rest of us, particularly from Ant. This was really why we decided that if we were to continue after Ant left, we had to find a more creative drummer, a hard decision because by this time John had become a friend.

News about Genesis Live multitrack tapes

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:16:57 -0400

Hello Genesis fans!

Those of you who are eagle-eyed readers of our news page here on Genesis-Music.com may remember a few weeks ago that I posted a call for anyone with any knowledge of the location of the Genesis "Live" multitracks to please come forward. This album, the first live one in the Genesis canon, had missing multitracks, and was in danger of not being formally remixed for the upcoming Live 5.1 box set, for release in the future.

We are happy to announce that according to Nick Davis, Genesis producer extraordinaire, the "Live" multitracks have been found! As we get more details on the exact story behind the location of the tapes, we will share whatever information we can here.

But, this last hurdle has been removed to the complete remix of the official Genesis live releases. There really was much rejoicing!

Until next time...

Mike - Genesis-Web Content Editor

Weekend News Update

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:22:35 -0400

28 March 2009

Good weekend Genesis fans!

We've got some quick updates for you this week, so lets get started without any further ado...

STEVE HACKETT

Genesis-Music.com has posted a new interview with Steve Hackett! Check it out in Steve's area of the Members Forum, and I'll be publishing pieces of it here in the news area over the next few weeks.

Be sure to check out Steve's site for more updates from his recent Italian tour, and information about the Steve Hackett weekend event that is ongoing in Germany as I write!

Steve is also mentioned in this good interview with John Wetton of King Crimson, UK, and Asia fame. Check it out!

JOHN MAYHEW

It's rare that we have a John Mayhew story on here, but there is one from this link, detailing how John's brother is looking for him, and would like to find him to get back together. If you know anything about John's whereabouts, check out this link to get in contact with his brother.

That's it for this week! Be sure to check out this site in the future for more news!

Happy Birthday Tony Banks!

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:09:54 -0400

Good day Genesis Fans!

Today, Genesis founder member and keyboardist/writer Tony Banks turns 59! Be sure to wish him well in the Members Forum!

Tony, we wish you many more happy, music filled birthdays!

Weekend News Update

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:37:14 -0400

22 March 2009

Good weekend Genesis Fans!

With Steve Hackett's recent Italian live dates, and Peter Gabriel's impending South American/Mexican live jaunt, there's a lot happening in Planet Genesis this month.

PETER GABRIEL

With Peter arriving in South America, fans are thrilled to see him play in a place where he has not performed live in years. This article from Peru talks about Peter's arrival, and the reaction of the fans. There's also a very solid review of his Lima show at this link.

STEVE HACKETT

Steve's Italian tour has concluded, and you can check out Steve's own online blog at this link. Also, watch this space for an upcoming Genesis-music.com interview with Mr. Hackett.

MIKE RUTHERFORD

Check out this story about a guitar signed by Mike and Eric Clapton, which is up for auction to support a charity to help children suffering from leukemia.